The ale method for oil/water two-phase flow in deforming porous media

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Liang, S ^a   Yin, J Y ^a   Xue, S F ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ALE METHODS; EULERIAN METHOD; GEOMETRICAL FRAMES; HYDRO-MECHANICAL; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; MECHANICAL ASPECTS; MESH MOTION; OIL WATER FLOW; OIL-WATER TWO PHASE FLOWS; POROUS MEDIUM;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 64849093503     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/09-04-72     Document Type: Article

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